noun
1. similar to Gentiana andrewsii but with larger flowers
• Syn: ↑blind gentian, ↑Gentiana clausa
• Hypernyms: ↑gentian
2. gentian of eastern North America having tubular blue or white flowers that open little if at all
• Syn: ↑blind gentian, ↑bottle gentian, ↑Gentiana andrewsii
• Hypernyms: ↑gentian
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noun : any of several fall-blooming No. American plants of the genus Gentiana (especially G. andrewsii and G. clausa) having tubular usually blue flowers that open little or not at all
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a gentian, Gentiana andrewsii, of the eastern and central U.S., having tight clusters of dark blue, closed flowers. Also called bottle gentian.
[1855-60, Amer.]
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closed gentian,
a gentian of eastern North America that blooms in the fall. It has clusters of blue flowers that do not open.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.